( 33* ) 



young (locks about half an inch thick ; 

 in the next fpring to be headed down to 

 the budded part, when the bud will 

 begin to pulb, and make a moot, per- 

 haps half a yard, or a yard in length. 



The bed feafon for budding is from 

 the middle of July to the middle of 

 Auguft, as the buds mould remain dor- 

 mant till the following fpring. If budded 

 in June, they are apt to pufh out weak 

 fhoots the fame year that will probably be 

 killed in theenfuing winter. The buds for 

 infertion are to be procured from young 

 fhoots of the fame year's growth : pro- 

 cure therefore a quantity of cuttings, 

 and take off their leaves to about a 

 quarter of an inch of the buds ; being 

 furnifhed with a proper budding knife, 



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